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The Moon on Friday, July 2, 1948: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on July 2, 1948Waning Crescent

Friday 2 July 1948385,313 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 2, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
385,313 km239,422 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 6, 1948 at 21:09 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 29, 194815:23
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 6, 194821:09

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Friday, July 2, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 7, 1948 to the new moon of July 6, 1948, a cycle of 29.34 days.